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* Typo Fixchromatic2008-03-091-1/+1
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* FAQ syncRafael Garcia-Suarez2007-11-231-3/+11
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* FAQ syncRafael Garcia-Suarez2007-07-071-2/+2
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* FAQ syncRafael Garcia-Suarez2006-11-151-1/+1
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* FAQ syncRafael Garcia-Suarez2006-10-181-5/+5
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* FAQ syncRafael Garcia-Suarez2006-09-111-10/+6
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* FAQ sync. (FAQ now moved to svn)Rafael Garcia-Suarez2006-03-071-3/+3
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* FAQ sync.Rafael Garcia-Suarez2006-01-121-55/+55
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* Sync perlfaq.Rafael Garcia-Suarez2006-01-031-2/+2
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* FAQ sync.Rafael Garcia-Suarez2005-11-281-2/+2
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* FAQ sync.Rafael Garcia-Suarez2005-10-261-2/+2
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* FAQ syncRafael Garcia-Suarez2005-08-171-43/+35
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* Quotes in pod/*.podAndy Lester2005-06-031-28/+36
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* FAQ sync.Rafael Garcia-Suarez2005-04-011-5/+1
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* FAQ syncRafael Garcia-Suarez2005-03-111-3/+7
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* FAQ syncRafael Garcia-Suarez2004-11-021-15/+23
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* PerlFAQ sync.Rafael Garcia-Suarez2003-04-101-4/+32
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* FAQ sync.Rafael Garcia-Suarez2003-01-301-5/+5
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* PerlFAQ sync.Rafael Garcia-Suarez2003-01-081-60/+65
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* PerlFAQ sync.Rafael Garcia-Suarez2002-11-261-80/+13
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* FAQ sync.Jarkko Hietaniemi2002-03-111-1/+5
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* FAQ sync.Jarkko Hietaniemi2002-02-031-12/+19
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* FAQ sync.Jarkko Hietaniemi2002-01-281-2/+2
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* FAQ sync.Jarkko Hietaniemi2002-01-121-1/+1
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* A bit of "perl.com" cleanup.Jarkko Hietaniemi2002-01-041-5/+4
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* FAQ sync.Jarkko Hietaniemi2001-11-231-5/+1
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* FAQ sync.Jarkko Hietaniemi2001-10-181-2/+2
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* Fresh copies from the cvs.perl.org perlfaq repository.Jarkko Hietaniemi2001-09-201-1/+1
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* With permission, change the licensing of the docs byJarkko Hietaniemi2001-08-071-6/+2
| | | | | TomC (and Gnat) to comply with the rest of Perl. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@11607
* Strip the *markers* from #9919.Jarkko Hietaniemi2001-04-301-2/+1
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* (perlfaq/bleadperl) append mode and lockingGwyn Judd2001-04-301-0/+5
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* format and rewording in perlfaq.podRobin Barker2001-01-051-313/+908
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* Re: perlfaq style changesYitzchak Scott-Thoennes2000-11-271-9/+7
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* Pod updatesStephen P. Potter2000-11-071-1/+1
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* perlfaq style changesJohn Borwick2000-10-311-8/+12
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* whitespace and readabiliti nits in the pods (from Michael G SchwernGurusamy Sarathy2000-03-031-4/+4
| | | | | and Robin Barker) p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5493
* pod fixes (with minor edits) from Abigail, Ronald Kimball, JonGurusamy Sarathy1999-07-171-1/+1
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* perlfaq update from Tom ChristiansenGurusamy Sarathy1999-05-241-9/+23
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* FAQ jumbo patch from tchrist.Tom Christiansen1999-01-081-2/+649
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Message-Id: <199901080605.XAA20229@jhereg.perl.com> To: pumpkings@jhereg.perl.com Subject: newest version of perlfaq.pod Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:05:02 -0700 Message-Id: <199901080605.XAA20231@jhereg.perl.com> From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> To: pumpkings@jhereg.perl.com Subject: newest version of perlfaq1.pod Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:05:02 -0700 Message-Id: <199901080605.XAA20233@jhereg.perl.com> From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> To: pumpkings@jhereg.perl.com Subject: newest version of perlfaq2.pod Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:05:02 -0700 Message-Id: <199901080605.XAA20235@jhereg.perl.com> From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> To: pumpkings@jhereg.perl.com Subject: newest version of perlfaq3.pod Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:05:02 -0700 Message-Id: <199901080605.XAA20237@jhereg.perl.com> From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> To: pumpkings@jhereg.perl.com Subject: newest version of perlfaq4.pod Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:05:02 -0700 Message-Id: <199901080605.XAA20239@jhereg.perl.com> From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> To: pumpkings@jhereg.perl.com Subject: newest version of perlfaq5.pod Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:05:02 -0700 Message-Id: <199901080605.XAA20241@jhereg.perl.com> From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> To: pumpkings@jhereg.perl.com Subject: newest version of perlfaq6.pod Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:05:02 -0700 Message-Id: <199901080605.XAA20243@jhereg.perl.com> From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> To: pumpkings@jhereg.perl.com Subject: newest version of perlfaq7.pod Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:05:03 -0700 Message-Id: <199901080605.XAA20245@jhereg.perl.com> From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> To: pumpkings@jhereg.perl.com Subject: newest version of perlfaq8.pod Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:05:03 -0700 Message-Id: <199901080605.XAA20257@jhereg.perl.com> From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> To: pumpkings@jhereg.perl.com Subject: newest version of perlfaq9.pod Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:05:03 -0700 p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@2588
* pod/perlfaq* update from Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com>Gurusamy Sarathy1998-08-051-1/+1
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* fixes for pod noisesGurusamy Sarathy1998-08-021-1/+1
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* perlfaq update from From Tom Christiansen and Nathan TorkingtonGurusamy Sarathy1998-07-221-3/+3
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* 5.004_70 bug in perlfaq.podM. J. T. Guy1998-07-081-1/+1
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* applied patch (via private mail), modulo retrohunks in pod/perlfaq2.podTom Christiansen1998-07-051-23/+21
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* documentation update from tchristTom Christiansen1998-06-151-1/+1
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* [inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_97h to perl-5.003_97i]Perl 5 Porters1997-04-251-1/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CORE PORTABILITY Subject: Provide memset() if it's missing From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: global.sym perl.h proto.h util.c Subject: Don't tell GCC that warn(), croak(), and die() are printf-lik From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: proto.h DOCUMENTATION Subject: FAQ udpate (24-apr-97) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:47:23 -0600 (MDT) From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@prometheus.frii.com> Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod private-msgid: 199704242247.QAA07010@prometheus.frii.com OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: Misc. sv_vcatpvfn() fixes From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk> Files: gv.c mg.c op.c perl.c pp.c pp_ctl.c sv.c toke.c util.c Subject: Enforce order of sprintf() elements From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: sv.c Subject: Guard against long numbers, <<LONG_DELIM, and <long glob> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: global.sym mg.c perl.c pod/perldiag.pod proto.h toke.c util.c Subject: Guard against C<goto> to deeply nested label From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldiag.pod pp_ctl.c Subject: Guard against overflow in dup2() emulation From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: util.c Subject: Win32: Guard against long function names From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: win32/win32sck.c Subject: Make mess() always work, by using a non-arena SV From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: perl.c util.c Subject: When copying a format line, take only its string value From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: sv.c Subject: Fix LEAKTEST numbers From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: ext/DynaLoader/dl_vms.xs handy.h os2/os2.c util.c vms/vms.c win32/win32.c win32/win32sck.c
* [inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_97g to perl-5.003_97h]Perl 5 Porters1997-04-231-4/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BUILD PROCESS Subject: Fix up Linux hints for tcsh, and Configure patch Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:02:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu> Files: Configure hints/linux.sh Msg-ID: Pine.SOL.3.95q.970422101051.2506C-100000@fractal.lafayette.e (applied based on p5p patch as commit 1eb1b1cb9647b817d039bb17afa3e74940b5ef92) Subject: There is no standard answer to 'Use suidperl?' From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: hints/bsdos.sh hints/freebsd.sh hints/linux.sh hints/machten_2.sh CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Subject: Support PRINTF for tied handles Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 18:26:13 -0400 From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org> Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perltie.pod pp_sys.c t/op/misc.t Msg-ID: 199704202226.SAA08032@postman.osf.org (applied based on p5p patch as commit e7c5525577c16ee25e3521e86aca2b5105dba394) CORE PORTABILITY Subject: Fix bitwise shifts and pack('w') on Crays From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp.c DOCUMENTATION Subject: FAQ udpate (23-apr-97) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:22:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@prometheus.frii.com> Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod private-msgid: 199704231822.MAA05074@prometheus.frii.com OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: Mondo Cool patch for buffer safety and convenience From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: XSUB.h doop.c dump.c ext/DynaLoader/dl_dlopen.xs ext/DynaLoader/dl_hpux.xs ext/DynaLoader/dl_next.xs ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c ext/ODBM_File/ODBM_File.xs global.sym gv.c interp.sym mg.c op.c perl.c perl.h pod/perlguts.pod pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c pp_sys.c proto.h regcomp.c regexec.c sv.c toke.c util.c Subject: Problems with glob Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 02:44:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Files: op.c Msg-ID: 1997Apr20.024432.1941365@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit a1230b335277820e65b8a9454ab751341204cf4f) Subject: Fix scalar leak in closures From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c scope.c Subject: Refine error messages re: anon subs' prototypes From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c Subject: Outermost scope is void, not scalar From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp_ctl.c
* [inseperable changes from patch from perl-5.003_95 to perl-5.003_86]Perl 5 Porters1997-03-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [editor's note: this commit was prepared manually so may differ in minor ways to other inseperable changes commits] CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Title: "Support $ENV{PERL5OPT}" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: perl.c pod/perldiag.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod Title: "Implement void context, in which C<wantarray> is undef" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: cop.h doop.c dump.c global.sym gv.c op.c op.h perl.c pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlsub.pod pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c pp_sys.c proto.h Title: "Don't look up &AUTOLOAD in @ISA when calling plain function" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: global.sym gv.c lib/Text/ParseWords.pm pod/perldelta.pod pp_hot.c proto.h t/op/method.t Title: "Allow closures to be constant subroutines" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: op.c Title: "Make C<scalar(reverse)> mean C<scalar(reverse $_)>" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pp.c Title: "Fix lexical suicide from C<my $x = $x> in sub" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: op.c Title: "Make "Unrecog. char." fatal, and update its doc" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perldiag.pod toke.c CORE PORTABILITY Title: "safefree() mismatch" From: Roderick Schertler Msg-ID: <21338.859653381@eeyore.ibcinc.com> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 11:36:21 -0500 Files: util.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 9b9b466fb02dc96c81439bafbb3b2da55238cfd2) Title: "Win32 update (seven patches)" From: Gurusamy Sarathy and Nick Ing-Simmons Files: EXTERN.h MANIFEST win32/Makefile win32/perl.mak win32/perl.rc win32/perldll.mak win32/makedef.pl win32/modules.mak win32/win32io.c win32/bin/pl2bat.bat OTHER CORE CHANGES Title: "Report PERL* environment variables in -V and perlbug" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: perl.c utils/perlbug.PL Title: "Typo in perl.c: Printing NO_EMBED for perl -V" From: Gisle Aas Msg-ID: <199703301922.VAA13509@furubotn.sn.no> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 21:22:11 +0200 Files: perl.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id b6c639e4b1912ad03b9b10ba9518d96bd0a6cfaf) Title: "Don't let C<$var = $var> untaint $var" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pp_hot.c pp_sys.c sv.h t/op/taint.t Title: "Fix autoviv bug in C<my $x; ++$x->{KEY}>" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pp_hot.c Title: "Re: 5.004's new srand() default seed" From: Hallvard B Furuseth Msg-ID: <199703302219.AAA20998@bombur2.uio.no> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 00:19:13 +0200 (MET DST) Files: pp.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id d7d933a26349f945f93b2f0dbf85b773d8ca3219) Title: "Re: embedded perl and top_env problem " From: Gurusamy Sarathy Msg-ID: <199703280031.TAA05711@aatma.engin.umich.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 19:31:42 -0500 Files: gv.c interp.sym perl.c perl.h pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c scope.h util.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id f289f7d2518e7a8a82114282e774adf50fa6ce85) Title: "Define and use new macro: boolSV()" From: Tim Bunce Files: gv.c lib/ExtUtils/typemap os2/os2.c pp.c pp_hot.c pp_sys.c sv.c sv.h universal.c vms/vms.c Title: "Re: strict @F" From: Hallvard B Furuseth Msg-ID: <199703252110.WAA16038@bombur2.uio.no> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 22:10:33 +0100 (MET) Files: toke.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id dfd44a5c8c8dd4c001c595debfe73d011a96d844) Title: "Try harder to identify errors at EOF" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: toke.c Title: "Minor string change in toke.c: 'bareword'" From: lvirden@cas.org Msg-ID: <1997Mar27.130247.1911552@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 13:02:46 -0500 (EST) Files: toke.c (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 9b56c8f8085a9e773ad87c6b3c1d0b5e39dbc348) Title: "Improve diagnostic on \r in program text" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perldiag.pod toke.c Title: "Make Sock_size_t typedef work right" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: perl.h pp_sys.c LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS Title: "New module constant.pm" From: Tom Phoenix Files: MANIFEST lib/constant.pm op.c pp.c t/pragma/constant.t Title: "Remove chat2" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: MANIFEST lib/chat2.inter lib/chat2.pl Title: "Include CGI.pm 2.32" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: MANIFEST eg/cgi/* lib/CGI.pm lib/CGI/Apache.pm lib/CGI/Carp.pm lib/CGI/Fast.pm lib/CGI/Push.pm lib/CGI/Switch.pm UTILITIES Title: "Tom C's Pod::Html and html tools, as of 30 March 97" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: MANIFEST installhtml lib/Pod/Html.pm pod/pod2html.PL Title: "Fix path bugs in installhtml" From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk> Msg-ID: <3180.9703270906@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 97 09:06:14 GMT Files: installhtml Title: "Make perlbug say that it's only for core Perl bugs" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: utils/perlbug.PL DOCUMENTATION Title: "Document autouse and constant; update diagnostics" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perldelta.pod Title: "Suggest to upgraders that they try '-w' again" From: Hallvard B Furuseth Msg-ID: <199703251901.UAA15982@bombur2.uio.no> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 20:01:26 +0100 (MET) Files: pod/perldelta.pod (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 4176c059b9ba6b022e99c44270434a5c3e415b73) Title: "Improve and update documentation of constant subs" From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> Msg-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970331122546.14185C-100000@kelly.teleport.com> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 13:05:54 -0800 (PST) Files: pod/perlsub.pod Title: "Improve documentation of C<return>" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlsub.pod Title: "perlfunc.pod patch" From: Gisle Aas Msg-ID: <199703262159.WAA17531@furubotn.sn.no> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 22:59:23 +0100 Files: pod/perlfunc.pod (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 35a731fcbcd7860eb497d6598f3f77b8746319c4) Title: "Use 'while (defined($x = <>)) {}', per <gnat@frii.com>" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: configpm lib/Term/Cap.pm perlsh pod/perlipc.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlsub.pod pod/perlsyn.pod pod/perltrap.pod pod/perlvar.pod win32/bin/search.bat Title: "Document and test C<%> behavior with negative operands" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perlop.pod t/op/arith.t Title: "Update docs on $]" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perlvar.pod Title: "perlvar.pod patch" From: Gisle Aas Msg-ID: <199703261254.NAA10237@bergen.sn.no> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 13:54:00 +0100 Files: pod/perlvar.pod (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 0aa182cb0caa3829032904b9754807b1b7418509) Title: "Fix example of C<or> vs. C<||>" From: Chip Salzenberg Files: pod/perlsyn.pod Title: "Pod usage and spelling patch" From: Larry W. Virden Files: pod/*.pod Title: "Pod updates" From: "Cary D. Renzema" <caryr@mxim.com> Msg-ID: <199703262353.PAA01819@macs.mxim.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 15:53:22 -0800 (PST) Files: pod/*.pod (applied based on p5p patch as commit id 5695b28edc67a3f45e8a0f25755d07afef3660ac)
* [inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_94 to perl-5.003_95]Perl 5 Porters1997-03-221-1/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Subject: Don't compile scalar mods of aggregates, like C<@a =~ s/a/b/> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c t/op/misc.t Subject: Warn about undef magic values just like non-magic From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: ext/Opcode/Safe.pm sv.c t/lib/db-btree.t t/lib/db-hash.t t/lib/db-recno.t t/pragma/locale.t CORE PORTABILITY Subject: Win32 update (five patches) From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> Files: MANIFEST README.win32 doio.c dosish.h pp_sys.c lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm t/comp/multiline.t t/op/magic.t t/op/mkdir.t t/op/runlevel.t t/op/stat.t t/op/write.t win32/Makefile win32/config.H win32/config.w32 win32/win32.c win32/win32.h win32/win32aux.c win32/*.mak win32/VC-2.0/*.mak DOCUMENTATION Subject: INSTALL-1.8 to INSTALL-1.9 updates Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 13:52:53 -0500 (EST) From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu> Files: INSTALL Msg-ID: Pine.SOL.3.95q.970325135138.3374A-100000@fractal.lafayette.e (applied based on p5p patch as commit 9b1ae96a0b4301a9588f62b3175bc0312302f4b9) Subject: Document possible problems with -Mdiagnostics after upgrade From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: INSTALL Subject: Mention perldelta in INSTALL From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: INSTALL Subject: Describe pod format at top of INSTALL From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: INSTALL Subject: Document C</a *b/x> fix From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Subject: pods for subroutine argument autovivication Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 07:25:21 +0000 From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk> Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlsub.pod Msg-ID: E0w9489-0005YT-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk (applied based on p5p patch as commit db8878faa51a8a1541a40745a8613adb5db155e4) Subject: Missing item in perldiag Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 09:24:09 +0000 From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk> Files: pod/perldiag.pod Msg-ID: E0w8jVZ-0005va-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk (applied based on p5p patch as commit c00a529017138505fcbe538b74c7884abe1d18e1) Subject: Pod problems & fixes Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:31:51 +0100 (MET) From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> Files: INSTALL lib/Term/Complete.pm lib/subs.pm pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldata.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlembed.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlpod.pod pod/pod2html.PL Msg-ID: 199703242031.VAA14997@bombur2.uio.no (applied based on p5p patch as commit 55a864fe4cea1a0586891b83d359ba71e0972da5) Subject: FAQ update From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@prometheus.frii.com> Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: Improve 'prototype mismatch' warning From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: global.sym op.c pod/perldiag.pod proto.h sv.c t/comp/redef.t
* [inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_93 to perl-5.003_94]Perl 5 Porters1997-03-091-0/+138
BUILD PROCESS Subject: Don't use db 2.x, we're not yet ready for it From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk> Files: Configure Subject: Warn if #! command is longer than 32 chars From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: Configure Subject: patches re perl -wc install{perl,man} Date: Tue, 11 Mar 97 13:13:16 GMT From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk> Files: installman installperl I got the new installhtml from CPAN (TOMC/scripts/pod2html-v2.0beta.shar.gz) I had problems getting the system call to splitpod at line 376 to work. 1. splitroot was not being found 2. splitroot was not finding its library 3. I changed htmlroot to podroot at line 175 to match the documentation. p5p-msgid: 3180.9703270906@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk private-msgid: 21544.9703111313@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk Subject: 3_93 doesn't install pods Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 02:21:35 -0500 From: Spider Boardman <spider@orb.nashua.nh.us> Files: installperl Msg-ID: 199703160721.CAA08339@Orb.Nashua.NH.US (applied based on p5p patch as commit 43506a616735d616e03d277d64fbae1e864024bf) Subject: When installing, use File::Copy instead of `cp` From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: installperl Subject: Make hint files' warnings more visible Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:18:03 +0100 (MET) From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> Files: hints/3b1.sh hints/apollo.sh hints/cxux.sh hints/dcosx.sh hints/dgux.sh hints/esix4.sh hints/freebsd.sh hints/hpux.sh hints/irix_4.sh hints/mips.sh hints/next_3_0.sh hints/os2.sh hints/qnx.sh hints/sco_2_3_3.sh hints/sco_2_3_4.sh hints/solaris_2.sh hints/ultrix_4.sh hints/utekv.sh private-msgid: 199703202218.XAA09041@bombur2.uio.no CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Subject: Defer creation of array and hash elements as parameters From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: dump.c global.sym mg.c op.c op.h perl.h pp.c pp_hot.c proto.h sv.c Subject: New special literal: __PACKAGE__ From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: keywords.pl pod/perldata.pod toke.c Subject: Abort compilation at C<BEGIN{}> or C<use> after errors From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod t/pragma/subs.t Subject: allow C<substr 'hello', -10> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:55:44 -0800 From: David Dyck <dcd@tc.fluke.com> Files: pp.c Msg-ID: 97Mar10.155517pst.35716-2@gateway.fluke.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 77f720bf92f3d0100352416caeedd57936807ff2) Subject: Regularize C<x % y>, esp. when y is negative From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp.c Subject: Flush before C<flock(FOO, LOCK_UN)> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_sys.c Subject: Close loopholes in prototype mismatch warning From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c sv.c toke.c Subject: Warn on C<while ($x = each %y) {}> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod Subject: Don't warn on C<print $fh func()> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: toke.c CORE PORTABILITY Subject: Don't say 'static var = 1' Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 15:19:57 +0200 (EET) From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> Files: malloc.c private-msgid: 199703091319.PAA24714@alpha.hut.fi Subject: HP/UX hint comments Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 15:43:07 -0500 (EST) From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu> Files: hints/hpux.sh private-msgid: Pine.SOL.3.95q.970321153918.28770B-100000@fractal.lafayette. Subject: VMS update Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 22:00:55 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Bailey <bailey@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/Test/Harness.pm t/op/taint.t utils/perlbug.PL vms/descrip.mms Msg-ID: 1997Mar11.220056.1873182@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit 2b5725676da60b49978f38b85bb7f8ee20b4cb55) Subject: vmsish.t and related patches Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 01:32:47 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU> Files: MANIFEST perl.h vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/vmsish.t vms/vms.c private-msgid: 01IGQW3IP1KK005VFB@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu Subject: Win32 update (four patches) From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> Files: MANIFEST README.win32 lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/Cwd.pm lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_OS2.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Win32.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm lib/File/Basename.pm lib/File/Path.pm mg.c t/comp/cpp.t t/comp/script.t t/harness t/io/argv.t t/io/dup.t t/io/fs.t t/io/inplace.t t/lib/filehand.t t/lib/io_dup.t t/lib/io_sel.t t/lib/io_taint.t t/op/closure.t t/op/exec.t t/op/glob.t t/op/goto.t t/op/magic.t t/op/misc.t t/op/rand.t t/op/split.t t/op/stat.t t/op/sysio.t t/op/taint.t t/pragma/strict.t t/pragma/subs.t t/pragma/warning.t util.c win32/* DOCUMENTATION Subject: perlfaq.pod Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 16:01:40 -0700 From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> Files: MANIFEST pod/Makefile pod/buildtoc pod/perl.pod pod/perlfaq*.pod pod/roffitall private-msgid: 199703172301.QAA12566@jhereg.perl.com Subject: *.pod changes based on the FAQ Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 09:50:14 -0700 (MST) From: Nat Torkington <gnat@frii.com> Files: pod/perldata.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlipc.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod pod/perlvar.pod Msg-ID: 199703171650.JAA02655@elara.frii.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3c10ad8e31f7d77e71c048b1746912f41cb540f0) Subject: Document that $. is not reset on implicit open From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Subject: Re: Embedding success with _93 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:55:05 -0500 From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Msg-ID: 199703112255.RAA22775@postman.osf.org (applied based on p5p patch as commit 63a6ff3a1dc8d86edb4d8a7ec1548205e32a7114) Subject: Patch to document illegal characters Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:08:10 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perltrap.pod private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.96.970314090558.15346J-100000@kelly.teleport.com Subject: Document trap with //o and closures Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 18:08:08 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU> Files: pod/perltrap.pod Msg-ID: 01IGCHWRNSEU00661G@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit a54cb1465fdb400848f23705a6f130bb5c34ab70) Subject: Illegal character in input Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:21:21 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> Files: pod/perldiag.pod private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.95q.970310151512.22489a-100000@kelly.teleport.com Subject: Patch for docs Re: Lost backslash Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 07:28:57 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> Files: pod/perlop.pod private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.96.970319071438.24834G-100000@kelly.teleport.com Subject: XSUB's doc fix Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:42:06 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org> Files: pod/perlcall.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlxstut.pod Msg-ID: 28804.858012126@eeyore.ibcinc.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 5f43237038ea7a4151d3bf65aeeecd56ceb78a6a) Subject: Document return from do FILE Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:50:10 +0000 From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk> Files: pod/perlfunc.pod Msg-ID: E0w70DK-0001yJ-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk (applied based on p5p patch as commit ba8d5fb439878113de8abc9b52d2af237d30fb3c) Subject: Document $^M in perlvar Date: Thu, 20 Mar 97 21:08:33 GMT From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk> Files: pod/perlvar.pod private-msgid: 6153.9703202108@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk Subject: typos in pods of 5.003_93 Date: 19 Mar 1997 10:39:38 -0600 From: Jim Meyering <meyering@asic.sc.ti.com> Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perltoot.pod pod/perlxs.pod Msg-ID: wpgendbzvhx.fsf@asic.sc.ti.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 76a9873e006cf8f48f57062b2a0dd40b5ed45a95) Subject: Re: Updates to pod punctuations Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:00:12 -0500 From: Larry W. Virden <lvirden@cas.org> Files: pod/*.pod private-msgid: 9703141700.AA22911@cas.org Subject: clarify example in perlfunc Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:46:01 +0200 (EET) From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> Files: pod/perlfunc.pod private-msgid: 199703201746.TAA25195@alpha.hut.fi Subject: Regularize headings in DB_File documentation From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS Subject: New module: autouse.pm Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:34:30 -0500 (EST) From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Files: MANIFEST lib/autouse.pm Msg-ID: 199703210034.TAA13469@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit 6757905eccb6dd0440ef65e8128a277a20f7d943) Subject: Refresh DB_File to 1.12 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 97 15:51:14 GMT From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk> Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs Msg-ID: 9703121551.AA07435@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk (applied based on p5p patch as commit b3deed9189f963e9994815307931f9084f60d1d9) Subject: In File::Path, some systems can't remove read-only files From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: lib/File/Path.pm Subject: Fix bugs revealed by prototype warnings From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/Getopt/Long.pm Subject: Problems with SKIP in makemaker Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:13:31 -0500 (EST) From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm Msg-ID: 199703210413.XAA21601@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit 970322a2e8024294ada6e8d1a027cb98f1f48ee3) Subject: In Exporter, don't C<require Carp> at file scope From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: lib/Exporter.pm Subject: fix for Exporter's $SIG{__WARN__} handler Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:40:51 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org> Files: lib/Exporter.pm Msg-ID: 2282.858296451@eeyore.ibcinc.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 2768ea1aeef34f42d096f198fbe629c8374ca429) Subject: Don't try to substr() refs in Carp From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: lib/Carp.pm Subject: Re: NUL in die and other messages Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 09:58:17 +0000 From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk> Files: lib/Carp.pm Msg-ID: E0w815V-0005xs-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk (applied based on p5p patch as commit 52a267c574cb66c4bc35601dcf148a1d7a3bc557) OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: Guard against buffer overflow in yyerror() and related funcs From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: toke.c Subject: For bin compat, rename calllist() and he_{,delay}free From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: global.sym hv.c op.c perl.c pod/perlguts.pod proto.h Subject: Fix C<print> on tied default handle From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp_hot.c Subject: Fix C<local($a, undef, $b) = (1,2,3)> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c Subject: Improve diagnostic on C<@a++>, C<--%a>, @a =~ s/a/b/ From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp.c pp_hot.c Subject: Don't warn on C<$x{y} .= "z"> when %x is tied From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp_hot.c Subject: Eliminate 'unreachable code' warnings From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs mg.c pp_ctl.c toke.c Subject: printf format corrections for -DDEBUGGING Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 12:42:50 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org> Files: doop.c malloc.c op.c pp_ctl.c regexec.c sv.c x2p/str.c x2p/util.c Msg-ID: 26592.858793370@eeyore.ibcinc.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit e125f273e351a19a92b69d6244af55abbbf0a26d) Subject: Warn about missing -DMULTIPLICITY if likely a problem Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:45:53 -0500 From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org> Files: perl.c Msg-ID: 199703192345.SAA15070@postman.osf.org (applied based on p5p patch as commit 71aeea1753924e6e19c2461e241e3f7d8a570e90)
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